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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles
Learn about Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles, founder and pastor of Monumental Baptist Church and Civil Rights activist.
![Reverend Billy Kyles is featured on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick building in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/RevBillyKyles_FH249667.jpg?h=0d92313b&itok=aQoAm7xH)
Lucy Tibbs
Learn about Lucy Tibbs, survivor of the Memphis Massacre whose courageous testimony led to the passage of the 14th amendment.
![A featured painting of Lucy Tibbs on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LucyTibbs_FH249665.jpg?h=654c938a&itok=wl5WP2GI)
John T. Fisher II
Learn about John T. Fisher II, a community leader and organizer who helped united Memphis after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
![A black and white featured painting of John T. Fisher II on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/JohnTFisherII_FH249669.jpg?h=84d5ef99&itok=RLpVPrm4)
Dr. Sheldon Korones
Learn about Dr. Sheldon Korones, founder of one of the oldest and largest neonatal intensive care units in the United States.
![A black and white painting of Dr. Sheldon Korones on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/DrSheldonKorones_FH249678.jpg?h=70ed9a50&itok=cERntNYX)
Ida B. Wells
Learn about Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist and early civil rights activist.
![A black and white painting of Ida B. Wells on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/IdaBWells_FH249661.jpg?h=8fe388c5&itok=E0zUwEjT)
T.O. Jones
Learn about T.O. Jones, a sanitation worker who led the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike in 1968.
![A black and white painting of T.O. Jones on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/TOJones_FH249664.jpg?h=aef07937&itok=vxqeSQif)
Rabbi James A. Wax
Learn about Rabbi James A Wax, Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis from 1954 to 1978.
![A black and white painting of Rabbi James A. Wax on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/RabbiJamesWax_FH249675.jpg?h=9dd951d5&itok=ceMDzdF9)
Jose Guerrero
Learn about Jose Guerrero, a grassroots activist instrumental in the founding of Latino Memphis.
![A black and white painting of Jose Guerrero on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick wall in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/JoseGuerrero.jpg?h=da53572e&itok=BpCgz3wH)
Nazi Eugenics Exhibition Poster
This poster from a eugenics exhibition in the 1930s reads, “Sterilization is Liberation, Not a Punishment.” Three handicapped children are also pictured with the caption, “Who would want to be responsible for this?”
![Poster depicting three handicapped children and German text along the top.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch05_Image05.jpg?h=5bbdf1b2&itok=gZKHu2ZF)